O2 mobile users are once again unable to make or receive calls today with the service currently offline. The problems have been confirmed by O2 with the company saying it is monitoring the situation.
New research from O2, conducted online with YouGov, found that people are relying on their mobile data more than ever to stay online during the day, with over a third
of Brits regularly switching to mobile data to stay online.
Spain's Telefonica Chairman, Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, said today the company would hold a partial sale or an IPO for O2 before early 2017, four months after regulators blocked its takeover.
Sky has announced it is entering the mobile market for the first time in a partnership with O2, allowing it to become a so-called 'quad player'.
O2 has today launched 'O2 extras', enabling customers to choose from a broad range of digital perks. With O2 extras, customers can take customisation further by choosing Amazon Prime Video and getting access to a range of top films and Amazon Original TV shows like The Grand Tour, Good Omens, The Boys and exclusive Premier League matches in December; or choosing Amazon Music to enjoy unlimited access to more than 50 million songs, ad-free ; or choosing the world’s largest selection of audiobooks and original podcasts with Audible; or access to hundreds of the UK’s most popular magazines with Cafeyn.
Microsoft’s new 4G, 2-in-1 laptop, the Surface Pro X, is now available on O2 as a UK network operator exclusive on custom plans from today. The Surface Pro X is a premium, lightweight and ultra-thin device that features a beautiful edge-to-edge 13” PixelSense OLED touchscreen display and Windows 10.
Google officially unveiled the Pixel 5 yesterday, and Google's latest flagship is now available to pre-order on O2 custom plans ahead of it being on sale on 15th October.
The Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G and S20 5G are now available in Cloud White exclusively on O2. The brand-new colour will also be available on the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G in the coming weeks.
Huawei has started rolling out EMUI10 to the P30 Lite New Edition series in the UK. EMUI 10.0 brings the latest features such as Magazine Style UI layout, Morandi Colours, Dark Mode, Golden Icons, New Animations and Improved privacy features.
O2 has become a partner of The Big Night In Appeal, a joint initiative and event which will see the BBC’s biggest charitable partners, BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief, come together for the first time.
The UK’s second 5G spectrum auction is due to begin today, with Ofcom confirming that EE, O2, Three, and Vodafone are all participating. This is the first phase in the two-phase process, in which the carriers will compete for individual lots of spectrum.
O2, Three and Vodafone are teaming up to build and share 222 new mobile masts to boost rural coverage across the United Kingdom and deliver the first stage of the Shared Rural Network (SRN).
